More Micromobility Resources



Shared Micromobility and Equity Primer

Source: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)
Provides an overview of equity considerations for shared micromobility.
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Shared Micromobility Playbook

Source: Transportation for America
Explores core components of a comprehensive shared micromobility policy for local governments to consider.
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Safer Micromobility

Source: International Transport Forum
Summarizes an analysis of the latest trends and risks in micromobility safety.
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Cycling and Scooting Through the Years

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS)
Provides annual updates on bikeshare and e-scooter system data from 2015 to 2024.
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The Role of Metropolitan Planning Organizations in Planning for Equitable Shared Mobility: A Federal Highway Administration Peer Exchange Event

Source: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)
Summarizes presentations and discussions from a peer exchange on equitable shared mobility with MPOs.
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FHWA Federal Policy, Research, and Funding Opportunities for Shared Micromobility Projects

Source: Shared-Use Mobility Center
Summarizes a presentation on challenges and opportunities for micromobility related to policy and funding.
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2023 Shared Micromobility State of the Industry Report

Source: North American Bikeshare & Scootershare Association (NABSA)
Demonstrates shared micromobility’s continued growth and viability as an important mode for public transportation.
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Micromobility Regulations and Permitting Equity Synthesis

Source: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)
Provides a synthesis of regulations and permitting related to shared micromobility systems.
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Shared Micromobility State of the Industry Report

Source: North American Bikeshare & Scootershare Association (NABSA)
Shows that shared micromobility ridership returned to pre-pandemic levels in 2022.
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USDOT Micromobility Activities

Source: FHWA
Outlines micromobility efforts and activities from FHWA, FTA, BTS, and other offices.
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Developing Ways to Expand Use of Micromobility in Historically Marginalized Communities


Announces funding and resources for partnerships in four cities to expand micromobility.
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Micromobility, Equity and Sustainability

Source: International Transport Forum (ITF)
Examines micromobility trends and reviews its benefits and social costs to help develop governance frameworks and regulations that maximize the contributions of e-scooters, electric bikes, and pedal bikes to more sustainable mobility while minimizing negative effects.
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Transit and Micromobility

Source: TRB Transit Cooperative Research Program
Provides an analysis of the full benefits and impacts of micromobility on public transportation systems in transit-rich markets as well as in medium-sized and smaller urban areas.
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Measuring the Sustainability of Shared E-Scooters

Source: CitiesToday
Explains the need for common ways of measuring the sustainability of e-scooters through life cycle assessments to appraise environmental performance and provides cases studies from four cities.
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Book: New Mobilities: Smart Planning for Emerging Transportation Technologies by Todd Litman

Source: Island Press
Examines and evaluates 12 emerging transportation modes and services, including: bike and carsharing, micromobilities, ridehailing and microtransit, public transit innovations, telework, autonomous and electric vehicles, air taxis, mobility prioritization, and logistics management.
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Pedestrian and Bicycle Crash Analysis Tool, Version 3

Source: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)
PBCAT 3 allows users to develop a database of crash information, from which to analyze data, create reports, and select countermeasures.
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Understanding Micromobility Safety Behavior and Standardizing Safety Metrics for Transportation System Integration

Source: Collaborative Sciences Center for Road Safety (CSCRS)
A report that shares results from a project that explored micromobility safety, especially as it relates to e-scooters.
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Streets That Fit: Reallocating Space for Better Cities

Source: International Transport Forum (ITF)
Explores street space allocation and describes how to measure space needs for mobility purposes.
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E-Scooter Safety: Issues and Solutions

Source: Transportation Research Board
Presents results from an ongoing research project on emerging safety issues arising from the expanding use of e-scooters.
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European Micromobility Alliance Publishes E-Scooter Incident Data

Source: SmartCitiesWorld
Reports that Micro-Mobility for Europe (MMfE) released a fact sheet of aggregated incident data involving shared e-scooters in Europe.
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Sharing in Action: Micromobility in Local Climate Strategies

Source: Shared-Use Mobility Center
Reports on the climate action plans of more than 30 U.S. cities to identify model language on micromobility as a climate change strategy.
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Shared Micromobility Permitting, Process, and Participation

Source: NACTO
This is one of seven working papers as part of the update to the NACTO Urban Bikeway Design Guide.
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Electric Micromobility in Oregon

Source: Oregon DOT
Provides best practices and recommendations for e-micromobility.
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CPSC Calls on Manufacturers to Comply with Safety Standards for Battery-Powered Products to Reduce the Risk of Injury and Death

Source: U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
Consumer Product Safety Commission Letter to manufacturers of e-scooters, e-bikes, and other micromobility devices calls for compliance with UL safety standards to reduce the risk of injury and death.
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Micromobility: Data Challenges Associated with Assessing the Prevalence and Risk of Electric Scooter and Electric Bicycle Fatalities and Injuries

Source: National Transportation Safety Board
Evaluates how limitations in available e-scooter and e-bike data present challenges for assessing the safety of these micromobility devices.
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E-Scooter Safety: Issues and Solutions

Source: Behavioral Traffic Safety Cooperative Research Program (BTSCRP)
Seeks to advance multimodal road safety by identifying safety risks emerging from the growing use of e-scooters and developing comprehensive guidance, tools, policy options, and educational materials to mitigate those risks.
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Understanding and Tackling Micromobility: Transportation’s New Disruptor

Source: Governors' Highway Safety Association
Explores six micromobility challenges – oversight, funding, data collection, enforcement, infrastructure, and education – and the role State Highway Safety Offices and their partners can play to help address them.
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Micromobility Products-Related Deaths, Injuries, and Hazard Patterns: 2017–2019

Source: Consumer Product Safety Commission
Presents the latest available statistics on injury estimates, fatalities, and hazard patterns associated with three micromobility products: e-scooters (including dockless/rental e-scooters), hoverboards, and e-bikes.
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Micromobility Policy Atlas

Source: Shared-Use Mobility Center
The Micromobility Policy Atlas classifies shared bike, e-bike, and scooter policies across a dozen areas of regulation and management, providing information on guidelines, permits, and laws from from around the world.
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Micromobility Fact Sheet

Source: FWHA
Provides an overview of shared micromobility devices (bicycles, scooters, e-bikes, and e-scooters) and planning considerations across six topic areas.
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Understanding the General Bikeshare Feed Specification

Source: North American Bikeshare Association
Explains GBFS and defines a common data format to share the real-time status of a shared mobility system.
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Micromobility: A Travel Mode Innovation

Source: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Public Roads
Provides an overview of FHWA initiatives to develop expertise in the emerging micromobility field.
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E-Scooter Management in Midsized Cities in the United States

Source: Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center (PBIC)
Info brief documents practices, challenges, and opportunities related to micromobility, specifically e-scooters, in nine midsized US cities.
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The Basics of Micromobility and Related Motorized Devices for Personal Transport

Source: Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center (PBIC)
Typology and framework that classifies and defines vehicles and emerging “micromobility” devices for integrating into transportation systems.
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